Older people with higher income in better health

16/10/2008 15:00

The higher the income of older age groupss (50-80 years) in the population, the better their physical and mental health is likely to be. In the period 2004–2006, 18 percent of older people in the lowest income categories were in poor physical health and 16 percent in poor mental health. These percentages were 4 and 7 percent points respectively lower for the highest income categories.

Older women have poorer physical and mental health than older men. In spite of this, men and women with a higher income score better on these aspects of health than men and women with a lower income.

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Slochteren gas field: 60 years

28/05/2019 15:00

Sixty years ago, on 29 May 1959, the largest gas reserve in the history of Europe was discovered near Slochteren in Groningen Province. This news release reviews state revenues from this gas field and their contribution to the Dutch economy.
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